Logistics and Supply ChainPurpose
1.2. Automatedly consolidate cost data from different carriers and compare against rate cards and negotiated contracts.
1.3. Automate performance tracking of delivery times, damage ratios, delays, and exceptions for ongoing metric improvement.
1.4. Allow decision-makers to audit, benchmark, and forecast logistics spending and service metrics in a unified automation dashboard.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Scheduled batch automation to reconcile freight invoices and carrier reports daily or weekly.
2.3. Manual triggers on exception events—such as delivery delays, damage, or cost overruns—detected in integrated systems.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Logistics Module API — automate OData API call to fetch freight and delivery info.
3.2. Oracle Transportation Management (OTM)
• Feature/Setting: RESTful Web Services — automate data pulls for shipment and invoice events.
3.3. Microsoft Dynamics 365 SCM
• Feature/Setting: Data Integrator — automate scheduled data sync for delivery and cost entities.
3.4. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Flows — automate case creation on late deliveries and log cost details via API.
3.5. SAP Cloud Platform Integration
• Feature/Setting: iFlow automator — automate integration between cloud and on-premise logistics data.
3.6. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Business Rule Automation — automate ticket creation for exception handling.
3.7. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Messaging API — automate real-time alerts for delivery milestone exceptions.
3.8. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Sheets API — automate log insertion with cost and KPI data on every shipment event.
3.9. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks — automate updates to project sheets on logistics activities.
3.10. Power BI
• Feature/Setting: Dataflows — automate ingestion and visualization of freight data.
3.11. Tableau
• Feature/Setting: REST API — automate daily refresh of performance dashboards.
3.12. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: API — automate matching of logistics costs with financial entries.
3.13. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Invoices Endpoint — automate importing validated freight invoices.
3.14. Zoho Books
• Feature/Setting: API — automate cost logging and categorization for freight.
3.15. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteTalk API — automate creation of logistics cost records.
3.16. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflows API — automate alert generation for logistics quality issues.
3.17. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks — automate delivery status notifications to logistics teams.
3.18. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: API — automate board updates when shipment KPIs are received.
3.19. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automations — automate cost/performance logging to custom tables.
3.20. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Rules — automate task assignments based on late or costly freight events.
Benefits
4.2. Automates real-time insights for cost containment and rapid exception handling.
4.3. Automatedly centralizes data for cross-carrier, route, and vendor benchmarking.
4.4. Maximizes visibility and supports automation of continuous logistics process optimization.